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promontory and fishing- village at its foot, entered the 

 mouths of the river. From here, a distance of twenty- 

 five miles across the broad gulf brought us to Niko- 

 laievsk, off which we anchored in mid-river three- 

 quarters of a mile from the town. As it was too late 



THE MOUTHS OF THE AMUR RIVER (NIKOLAIEVSK HARBOUR). 



to disembark, we spent that night on board, by no 

 means regretting that it was to be the last. Notwith- 

 standing the fact that our further movenients seemed 

 greatly embarrassed by the unexpected turn of events, 

 we all dined merrily that evening, and were highly 

 amused at the sight of a bottle of wine which the 



